Disclaimer:
I am layman Buddhist/pagan.
The summary is based on what I perceive is 'important' in the book.
Conversation in between Deity JiGong, Yang Sheng and Prison Guard
If there is contradiction of meaning convey, the book prevails.
There are times I might questioning parts of the points inside the book doesn't mean I don't believe it. I need enlightenment on the doubts that I raise.
TOURING THE "HAND-BAKING SMALL PRISON"
Hot vapor. Surface is red in color. Sorrowful crying of sinful souls. The crying is so pitiful for they hope that someone will come to their rescue.
Both hands of sinful soul are strapped to springs the other ends of which are fastened to iron rails - the hands can be lifted up but the springs pull them down towards the iron rails. The iron rails are baked until red hot. The soul tries to lift his hands and run along the rails but the springs pull the hands back , thus making the soul fall down sprawling on the red hot rails. Thus the hands are burnt, causing the body to sweat and the soul cry aloud.
A case of casanova
Laying young girls/women in lonely places and fondling them with hands, fooling around 12 times.
A case of petition writer
Took pleasure in instigating people to resort to litigation so that can earn money as petition writer.
A case of gambling house operator
Not satisfied with getting good commission from the takings. Juggle with gambling apparatus to cheat gamblers, thereby getting extra profits and become rich. Spending wealth on women, wine and songs, going against the law, involved in secret society activities.
Another case - 4th soul
Issue dud cheques - cheating people and running away to live in other places.
After serving the punishment in this Prison, people who issue dud cheques will take the form of cattle and horses to toil and repay those whom they had cheated.
A case of secret society member
Strong and hot temper. Causing trouble. Disturb public order. Punch people who stare at him. Likes fighting.
For further details, please visit Journey #43
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Journey to the Underworld Trip#42
Disclaimer:
I am layman Buddhist/pagan.
The summary is based on what I perceive is 'important' in the book.
Conversation in between Deity JiGong, Yang Sheng and Prison Guard
If there is contradiction of meaning convey, the book prevails.
There are times I might questioning parts of the points inside the book doesn't mean I don't believe it. I need enlightenment on the doubts that I raise.
VISIT TO THE 7TH TRIBUNAL. INTERVIEW WITH THE KING OF HIGH MOUNTAIN VISIT TO PRISON BLAZING HEAT
Previously, there is an author who wrote the book after touring the Underworld. Nowadays, the world has change to the worse, so the mode of punishment in Hades will have to be changed to meet present day sins. The purpose of writing, printing and distributing this Book, has advantage of doing good deeds than evil deeds.
Narrated by King of High Mountain
It is customary when a person dies, his family will observe 7x7th day death ceremony prayers by employing monks to chant prayers hoping to release the soul from sufferings. The living tend to believe that the observance of first 7th day ceremony will help to lead the soul through 1st Tribunal, the second 7th day ceremony will help to lead the soul through the 2nd Tribunal, and so on, until 7th day ceremony which lead the soul to 7th Tribunal. It is not easy as that as the kin do not know whether the deceased committed how many sins. They think that after passing through 7th Tribunal, the soul would automatically pass through 8th, 9th and 10th Tribunal and then ready for rebirth. It is advisable the living not to waste so much money in paying and chanting of prayers in connection with 7x7th day ceremonies; rather, when one still alive it is better that he does more good deeds than evil deeds. Therefore, when one is alive, one must endeavour to do good whenever possible so that accumulation of good deeds done during one's lifetime will result in 'lucky saints' coming to guide the soul on its journey to death. No need to waste money by paying for chanting of prayers because no amounting of chanting can help a sinful soul to escape punishment.
Why do living always talk of 7x7th day, why not 8x7th or 9 x7th or 10 x 7th day?
Narrated by Prison Guard: In Underworld, the most important Tribunals are the first 7 Tribunals; it is in these 7 Tribunals that most sins are punished and 8th, 9th and 10th Tribunals will only deal with leftover sins that not dealt by first 7 Tribunals. It is good that descendants of dead persons should observe filial piety after death but it is definitely preferable that all parties, while still living should do good deeds.
Narrated by JiGong: When a person dies, his soul will have to undergo punishment in various Tribunals until his soul is due for rebirth. The descendants naturally wish the soul to be released from much sufferings. Therefore, they must do good deeds so as to influence the Heads of various Tribunals to remit sins of their forebears. If the descendants want to engage monks to chant prayers, the prayers will be effective only when chanted by monks who are very pious, otherwise the prayers will not have effect. I suggest human beings that is it better to respect their elders when they are still alive e.g. feed them grain of rice when they still alive rather than offering them a feast or wine after they are dead. Another way to relieve suffering of the soul of dead is for children to print and distribute religious books. By doing this kind of good deed, the soul of the dead will not suffer much.
Prison of Blazing Heat aka Prison of Red Hot Bricks
Because of great heat, it is difficult to breathe. The floor is paved with red bricks red hot, sinful souls walking the length of red hot brick floor keep tumbling and rolling on it, wailing loudly because of pain. At the beginning, the floor is not hot but it gets hotter and hotter as the journey progresses until when the bare feet of the souls cannot stand the heat of the floor, they start to jump and lose their balance, roll on the hot floor, the more they roll, the more feet and bodies get burnt.
Punishment for the following types of sins:
1) Those who over aspire for fame and gain, with sole aim of enriching themselves.
2) Those inclined towards opposite sex but are heartless and unhelpful to those of their own sex
3) Those who exploit or take under advantage of misfortunes of others
4) Those who hot tempered and often curse Heaven and Earth
5) Opportunist who use stealthy means for their own selfish ends and benefits
6) Those who worship the rich and influential but despise and look down upon the poor and less fortunate
7) Those who are partial and virtueless in all their dealings
The prison fire heat is adjusted to the multitude of the sins committed by each person, less sinful soul, less heat, more sinful soul, more heat.
For further details, please visit Journey #42
I am layman Buddhist/pagan.
The summary is based on what I perceive is 'important' in the book.
Conversation in between Deity JiGong, Yang Sheng and Prison Guard
If there is contradiction of meaning convey, the book prevails.
There are times I might questioning parts of the points inside the book doesn't mean I don't believe it. I need enlightenment on the doubts that I raise.
VISIT TO THE 7TH TRIBUNAL. INTERVIEW WITH THE KING OF HIGH MOUNTAIN VISIT TO PRISON BLAZING HEAT
Previously, there is an author who wrote the book after touring the Underworld. Nowadays, the world has change to the worse, so the mode of punishment in Hades will have to be changed to meet present day sins. The purpose of writing, printing and distributing this Book, has advantage of doing good deeds than evil deeds.
Narrated by King of High Mountain
It is customary when a person dies, his family will observe 7x7th day death ceremony prayers by employing monks to chant prayers hoping to release the soul from sufferings. The living tend to believe that the observance of first 7th day ceremony will help to lead the soul through 1st Tribunal, the second 7th day ceremony will help to lead the soul through the 2nd Tribunal, and so on, until 7th day ceremony which lead the soul to 7th Tribunal. It is not easy as that as the kin do not know whether the deceased committed how many sins. They think that after passing through 7th Tribunal, the soul would automatically pass through 8th, 9th and 10th Tribunal and then ready for rebirth. It is advisable the living not to waste so much money in paying and chanting of prayers in connection with 7x7th day ceremonies; rather, when one still alive it is better that he does more good deeds than evil deeds. Therefore, when one is alive, one must endeavour to do good whenever possible so that accumulation of good deeds done during one's lifetime will result in 'lucky saints' coming to guide the soul on its journey to death. No need to waste money by paying for chanting of prayers because no amounting of chanting can help a sinful soul to escape punishment.
Why do living always talk of 7x7th day, why not 8x7th or 9 x7th or 10 x 7th day?
Narrated by Prison Guard: In Underworld, the most important Tribunals are the first 7 Tribunals; it is in these 7 Tribunals that most sins are punished and 8th, 9th and 10th Tribunals will only deal with leftover sins that not dealt by first 7 Tribunals. It is good that descendants of dead persons should observe filial piety after death but it is definitely preferable that all parties, while still living should do good deeds.
Narrated by JiGong: When a person dies, his soul will have to undergo punishment in various Tribunals until his soul is due for rebirth. The descendants naturally wish the soul to be released from much sufferings. Therefore, they must do good deeds so as to influence the Heads of various Tribunals to remit sins of their forebears. If the descendants want to engage monks to chant prayers, the prayers will be effective only when chanted by monks who are very pious, otherwise the prayers will not have effect. I suggest human beings that is it better to respect their elders when they are still alive e.g. feed them grain of rice when they still alive rather than offering them a feast or wine after they are dead. Another way to relieve suffering of the soul of dead is for children to print and distribute religious books. By doing this kind of good deed, the soul of the dead will not suffer much.
Prison of Blazing Heat aka Prison of Red Hot Bricks
Because of great heat, it is difficult to breathe. The floor is paved with red bricks red hot, sinful souls walking the length of red hot brick floor keep tumbling and rolling on it, wailing loudly because of pain. At the beginning, the floor is not hot but it gets hotter and hotter as the journey progresses until when the bare feet of the souls cannot stand the heat of the floor, they start to jump and lose their balance, roll on the hot floor, the more they roll, the more feet and bodies get burnt.
Punishment for the following types of sins:
1) Those who over aspire for fame and gain, with sole aim of enriching themselves.
2) Those inclined towards opposite sex but are heartless and unhelpful to those of their own sex
3) Those who exploit or take under advantage of misfortunes of others
4) Those who hot tempered and often curse Heaven and Earth
5) Opportunist who use stealthy means for their own selfish ends and benefits
6) Those who worship the rich and influential but despise and look down upon the poor and less fortunate
7) Those who are partial and virtueless in all their dealings
The prison fire heat is adjusted to the multitude of the sins committed by each person, less sinful soul, less heat, more sinful soul, more heat.
For further details, please visit Journey #42
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Journey to the Underworld Trip#41
Disclaimer:
I am layman Buddhist/pagan.
The summary is based on what I perceive is 'important' in the book.
Conversation in between Deity JiGong, Yang Sheng and Prison Guard
If there is contradiction of meaning convey, the book prevails.
There are times I might questioning parts of the points inside the book doesn't mean I don't believe it. I need enlightenment on the doubts that I raise.
TOURING CITY TEMPLE OF UNDERWORLD - How Souls and Dead are Brought There
Narrated by JiGong: Human life-span is short. Human beings are prone to discuss in detail, however small it may be; so why bother about life? When the beating of heart stops, everthing is brought to an end. Then where would the money and children and worldly property be after one is dead and gone?
Temple also been called Temple of Tutelary Genius.
The function of Tutelary Genius
I am layman Buddhist/pagan.
The summary is based on what I perceive is 'important' in the book.
Conversation in between Deity JiGong, Yang Sheng and Prison Guard
If there is contradiction of meaning convey, the book prevails.
There are times I might questioning parts of the points inside the book doesn't mean I don't believe it. I need enlightenment on the doubts that I raise.
TOURING CITY TEMPLE OF UNDERWORLD - How Souls and Dead are Brought There
Narrated by JiGong: Human life-span is short. Human beings are prone to discuss in detail, however small it may be; so why bother about life? When the beating of heart stops, everthing is brought to an end. Then where would the money and children and worldly property be after one is dead and gone?
Temple also been called Temple of Tutelary Genius.
The function of Tutelary Genius
- akin to Police on Earth
- the Guards of Underworld will bring warrant for the soul upon demise of the soul in Earth
- The guard together with representative from Temple will going to the deceased residence to lead the soul to the Underworld
The emissaries of Underworld, such as buffalo-headed, horse-faced, or black-and-white demons merely give a slight tap on the corpse of virtuous men to render them unconscious before leading their souls away. As for the wicked souls, they torture them, deal heavy blows on them, and shackle them like people treat criminals on earth. Then, they lead their souls to the temple of the Tutelary Genius for registration to be entered in the registry-book of the dead.
For ascetic practitioner and any other good person, God of Happiness is sent down to Earth and bring his/her soul, for pious practitioner, his patron saint is sent to bring his soul. In case of pious practitioner who do not have patron saints, some have to go undergo the standard reporting procedure of Underworld for good souls, while others are invited to be presented to the Service of Merit Registry for examination. On the other side, the enlightened persons rise directly to heaven.
Religions may differ from each other, but the religious cause is unique. In order to evolve to a higher astral plane, people must regenerate in the Right Way, and be devoid of partiality and stubbornness. Otherwise, their ascension to heaven will meet with problems of delay.
Those ascetic practitioners who:-
- hold fast to their own personal beliefs
- tend towards rivalry among themselves
- indulge in gossip
- self praise
THis These practitioners tend to lose their temper and when they die, their souls will be sent to Underworld to suffer and then undergo further training,
When a person is due to die, there is always an omen which generally comes in the form of sickness. Why sickness? It is because of age, which is like an old tree about to fall down. Firstly, the roots and leaves decay and then a strong gust of wind blows, the tree topples down.
The sequence - after baby is born, a Record Book is made out and also a tree, an Individual Personality Tree, is planted in Underworld. What a person does or how he conducts himself during his lifetime on Earth, every item of his behaviour is recorded in his Record Book. If there is any sign of change in his tree's growth, it is an indication that the life of the person is coming to an end. Then Underworld's guard quickly refers to his Birth and Death Record Book. If his time to die has come, buffalo-headed, horse-faced, or black-and-white demons is instructed to go down to Earth with an Order to bring the person's soul to Underworld. When his soul arrives, his Individual Personality Tree falls down. This is called Death.
It is akin to grafting a tree, the person grows older and the tree grows bigger. When the soul is about to leave body, it is like the branch of a tree snapping but the bark of the tree still remaining attached to the tree, akin to skin of tortoise shell peeling off and very painful. Some dead person will gnash his teeth in anger, his face will look fierce, he was fearful, angry and so gnashed his teeth, indication of retribution in this life for the sins or unnatural death. If the dead person's face looks peaceful and cheerful, like sleeping, this shows his soul is tranquil and fearless, his journey to Underworld is uneventful.
Narrated by JiGong: When a man ceases breathing, it doesn’t mean that his soul is completely gone. Take the example of an electrical battery. If the contact is switched on but the bulb doesn’t light, the battery is not necessarily “dead”. Its voltage is only too low to ignite the bulb. So it is for man. During these moments, his breath is very weak. Apparently, he looks dead, but in reality he is still conscious of what happens around him, just the mouth cannot express it. At this point, the children and close relatives of the deceased should go to ears and console him by speaking in low tones "Set your mind at rest, we have arranged everything, there is no need to worry". This assurance will tend to make the deceased soul have a care free journey to the Underworld. If he is Buddhist faith, the children can chant "Amitabha". If he is Taoist faith, the chant will be "Tai Yi Jiu Ku Tian Zun". Such prayers or chantings will have effect of making the Fairies in heaven to help the dead person's soul have no fear on his journey to Underworld. Because at this time the soul is like one groping in the dark and the soul's heart is in a haze. When a person dies, his family should take vegetarian dishes, wear plain and simple clothes, must not drink liquor, entertain, enjoy or make merry, because unbecoming actions will influence the Tutelary Genius that report to the King of Hell about their filial piety towards the defunct and the latter will certainly feel moments of consolation. This piece of advise must not be neglected, because it is the duty of the defunct’s children to prove their filial piety toward their parents.
For further details, please refer to Journey #41
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Saturday, December 7, 2019
Journey to the Underworld Trip#40
Disclaimer:
I am layman Buddhist/pagan.
The summary is based on what I perceive is 'important' in the book.
Conversation in between Deity JiGong, Yang Sheng and Prison Guard
If there is contradiction of meaning convey, the book prevails.
There are times I might questioning parts of the points inside the book doesn't mean I don't believe it. I need enlightenment on the doubts that I raise.
VISIT TO THE PRISON WITH BARBED NETS, FAMISHED LEECHES AND LOCUSTS
Narrated by JiGong: In present day world, many crimes and actions lacking morality are being committed in the dark; how then can human beings say that if they do not see these dark places then they must be clean?
This prison under control of Sixth Tribunal. This prison has barbed netting spread on the ground and above ground. This barbed netting is like what the police on Earth erect when they want prevent the mobs rushing. The first spread of barbed netting rests on the water-bogged ground. Just high enough for a person to crawl on the ground is another spread of barbed netting. No one can stand up and walk between these two spreads of barb netting - he has to crawl. If a sinful soul tries to stand up, his head and back will be pricked by barbed netting and clothings will be torn.
Sticking to the bodies of the souls are two types of movable objects - one locust and other, leeches. They suck the blood of the body and brain of these souls.
Leeches sticks to the body, it sucks the blood and refuses to drop off. Locust suck the brain of sinful soul.
A case of a judge
Corrupt and always passed judgement in favour of those who give bribes. Thus unfair to many parties because did not pass sentence according to the laws of land.
A case of bodyguard
Big, tall and hefty body. Work as a bodyguard in gambling dens, house of prostitution, collect protection money in locality. Plenty of drinks, gambling and women. Extort money in the shops.
For further details, please refer to Journey #40.
I am layman Buddhist/pagan.
The summary is based on what I perceive is 'important' in the book.
Conversation in between Deity JiGong, Yang Sheng and Prison Guard
If there is contradiction of meaning convey, the book prevails.
There are times I might questioning parts of the points inside the book doesn't mean I don't believe it. I need enlightenment on the doubts that I raise.
VISIT TO THE PRISON WITH BARBED NETS, FAMISHED LEECHES AND LOCUSTS
Narrated by JiGong: In present day world, many crimes and actions lacking morality are being committed in the dark; how then can human beings say that if they do not see these dark places then they must be clean?
This prison under control of Sixth Tribunal. This prison has barbed netting spread on the ground and above ground. This barbed netting is like what the police on Earth erect when they want prevent the mobs rushing. The first spread of barbed netting rests on the water-bogged ground. Just high enough for a person to crawl on the ground is another spread of barbed netting. No one can stand up and walk between these two spreads of barb netting - he has to crawl. If a sinful soul tries to stand up, his head and back will be pricked by barbed netting and clothings will be torn.
Sticking to the bodies of the souls are two types of movable objects - one locust and other, leeches. They suck the blood of the body and brain of these souls.
Leeches sticks to the body, it sucks the blood and refuses to drop off. Locust suck the brain of sinful soul.
A case of a judge
Corrupt and always passed judgement in favour of those who give bribes. Thus unfair to many parties because did not pass sentence according to the laws of land.
A case of bodyguard
Big, tall and hefty body. Work as a bodyguard in gambling dens, house of prostitution, collect protection money in locality. Plenty of drinks, gambling and women. Extort money in the shops.
For further details, please refer to Journey #40.
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